The wish to move beyond his self yet still able to be taken by a moment of defensive reactivity opens a deep enquiry into our different levels, and where the greatest value lies.
“What you really are has nothing to do with experience.”
The sense of entering the second half of life is sharpening this person’s focus on what matters most, and raising some fundamental questions.
“The increase delivers a gift. In the decrease, all you actually have to live by is that gift, the knowledge of it, while you feel and think otherwise.”
“Believing your self and using your self to do what is in you that creates an identity in your self. That identity is fueled by a false spirit.”
Closing down to the experience of vulnerability can mean dissociating from the body. John shares a simple way to become more present however uncomfortable we feel.
“Stumble forwards rather than falling back.” Do you move by new knowledge or old decisions? John addresses what happens in the space of decision.
